January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I remember how horrified I was to learn in the middle ages families would gather up all their farm animals and bring them into the house at night. People and animals alike would sleep in one or two rooms with straw floors and the composting of organic materials on the floor helped to heat the home.

Yuck!

I thought, "Yuck!" until last night when I found what appeared to be a coyote near my dogs who were fascinated with the creature that had wandered up to my back yard. Two co-workers have lost their dogs to coyotes this year, and I wasn't about to be the third. This coupled with the overnight low temperature predicted to be 9 degrees, I had to do something.

As much as I would like to live on a farm, after last night thank goodness I don't!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Middle Tennessee is experiencing one of the biggest snowfalls in the past 10 years or so. Southern middle Tennessee saw the first snow with 4-6 inches accummulating, where northern middle Tennessee didn't get any snow until the afternoon, but their accummulations are expected to reach 10 inches. Ice pellets are falling right now and it's slick and dangerous.

Don't know what projects I'll tackle today, but I do know I won't be driving. Hot Chocolate and marshmallows are definitely on the agenda.

My mom called and is making snow cream.

Basic Snow Cream Recipe

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

large bowl of snow (about 3 quarts)

Blend milk, sugar and vanilla. Stir in enough snow to make snow cream to
an ice cream consistency.

My aunt called and she and her granddaughter are making Snow Ball Ice Cream. It's basically the same thing only sweetened condensed milk is substituted for both the cream and sugar.

5 cups snow or shaved ice

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Hoping to snap some pictures of my neighbors and their snow angels and snow men.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Love her or hate her, there is no denying Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential women in the world. She also spent much of her formative years in Nashville with her father, Vernon Winfrey, still a resident of one of Nashville’s southern suburbs.

Oprah was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Growing up poor in the segregated South, she was raised by various relatives, first moving to Wisconsin and then to Nashville.

Sent to live with her father as a young teen, Oprah thrived under his strict, yet loving and encouraging, supervision and made her education a priority. Winfrey became an honors student, was voted Most Popular Girl, joined her high school speech team at East Nashville High School and placed second in the nation in dramatic interpretation. She won an oratory contest, which secured her a full scholarship to Tennessee State University to study Communications.

Crowned Miss Fire Prevention and then Miss Black Tennessee at age 19, in 1972 Oprah dropped out of TSU during her sophomore year to began her career in broadcasting at Nashville's WTVF-TV.

Oprah became the youngest and the first African-American woman ever to anchor the news in Nashville. She then moved to Baltimore to co-anchor the six o'clock news until she was recruited to co-host Baltimore's WJZ-TV's local talk show, "People Are Talking." The show made her a national success and was so popular that reruns were shown at night!

In 1988, Oprah was awarded a diploma from Tennessee State University.

And the rest, as they say is history. The Oprah Winfrey show has been one of the most successful programs in television. She went on to produce and star in films, a TV drama, started a magazine, is a compassionate philanthropist, and many, many other endeavors.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I was perusing the net and magazines looking for inspiration for a project to surprise my neighbors. What would they like best? Heart shaped cookies? Cupcakes? A hand-made card?

Then I ran across these pictures.

Not exactly the Kiss I was thinking about, but I got my inspiration! Go live this day like a rock star!

Blessings to all

God has lovingly and generously showered his sweet blessings all around middle Tennessee. I enjoy so much selecting one each day to share with you in these pictures, recipes, paintings, inspirations and sometimes, completely random thoughts. Thank you for the visit. Come on back again real soon!

"To see the miraculous within the ordinary is the mark of highest wisdom." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him." ~Abraham Lincoln

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